Archive - Laurel’s Substack

WHAT'S IMPORTANT MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY BE WHAT'S IMPORTANT

It’s crazy out there.

Jul 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

June 2025

What Makes a Piece of Art Stick?

Yesterday, Van and I saw Eurydice by Sara Ruhl at Signature Theatre in New York.

Jun 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

May 2025

THE JOY OF SPEAKING OUR MINDS

On April 12 my husband and I attended the celebration for Norwalk’s newest poet laureate, Katherine E.

May 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

April 2025

I thought of putting up that title and then just leaving the page empty, but we’re writers, and even when we have writer’s block, there’s always…

Apr 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

March 2025

STORY-MAKING AND STORYTELLING:

David Goldblatt’s Photographs

Mar 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

February 2025

WELL, AUSTRALIA’S OUT

Remember a couple months ago when I mentioned that leaving the country seemed like the sane answer to the election?

Feb 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

January 2025

THE SQUIRREL IS A WRIGGLING POEM

Attila the Hun of the deck, his very own Gaul,

Jan 1 •

Laurel S. Peterson

December 2024

I DON’T WANT TO WRITE THIS COLUMN

When I was growing up in the 1970s, my very conservative, very fundamentalist Christian parents were preparing for civil unrest and the end of the…

Dec 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

November 2024

Click, Click, Click:

What is our relationship to images?

Nov 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

September 2024

HOW MUCH COURAGE DOES OUR ART NEED?

Writers need courage.

Sep 29, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

Klimt and Me: A Mess of Contradictions

I bet you’ve seen this painting before:

Sep 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

August 2024

WOODY WOODPECKER STRIKES AGAIN

I just walked outside to try to scare off the woodpecker.

Aug 1, 2024 •

Laurel S. Peterson

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